Well, fast is a few hundred million years. That's fast compared to the age of the universe. -Pieter Van Dokkum

 

Well, fast is a few hundred million years. That's fast compared to the age of the universe.


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Well, fast is a few hundred million years. That's fast compared to the age of the universe.

Pieter Van Dokkum

We have found that, though their stars are generally old, the galaxies that result from these mergers are relatively young.

Pieter Van Dokkum

It shows that these galaxies are not in equilibrium, that something is pulling stars out of these galaxies. On this scale the only thing we know of that can do this is another galaxy, and we can actually see that.

Pieter Van Dokkum

Or, at a previous point the central black hole created so much energy that it pushed the gas out of these galaxies. That is what's next on the agenda to figure out.

Pieter Van Dokkum